ISBN:
0807877077
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9780807877074
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 321 pages)
Series Statement:
Gender & American culture
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DDC:
306.7409747/1
Keywords:
1900 - 1999
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Geschichte 1900-1945
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte 1900-1945
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PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality
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SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction
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Courtship
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Prostitution
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Sex customs
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Liebeswerben
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Prostitution
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Geschichte
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Prostitution History 20th century
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Sex customs History 20th century
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Courtship History 20th century
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Prostitution
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Liebeswerben
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New York, NY
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Hochschulschrift
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New York, NY
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Liebeswerben
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Prostitution
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Geschichte 1900-1945
Note:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1998, under the title: Trick or treat: prostitution and working-class women's sexuality in New York City, 1900-1932. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-314) and index
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Introduction: The evolution of "near whores" and "whores in the making" -- Today's children: courtship, Americanization, and modernity -- The treat: transforming sexual values at the turn of the century -- These are the people in your neighborhood: prostitution, commerce, and community in turn-of-the-century New York City -- A fight on the home front: the repression of prostitution during World War I -- Doing our part for the boys in uniform: sexuality, treating, courtship, and patriotism -- Nudes fell pinch!: prostitution, prohibition, and the emergence of America's sex industry -- Treating, dating, petting, and the class dynamics of America's first sexual revolution -- Conclusion: A new type of girl in an old type of delinquency: women, sexuality, and venereal disease during World War II.
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Comparing prostitution and courtship with a new working-class practice of heterosexual barter called 'treating' during the period between 1900 and 1945, this book examines changes in sexual morality and sexual and economic practices in New York
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